August 29, 2008
The First Annual American Slow Food Festival - The unlikely host of Oakland, California hosts our nations’ first eco-food movement’s get together.
Two out of three restaurants don’t make it - That’s a huge percentage! (New York Times)
Onion goggles - Remember our video about “How to Chop an Onion Without Crying?” - well now, you don’t have to watch it. You can just buy onion goggles.
Top 10 Favorite Kitchen Gadgets - Which ones do you like? (San Francisco Chronicle)
How DOES the fortune get inside the cookie?! - New York Times investigates.
Drink milk after exercise - I always thought you were supposed to drink gatorade or something high in electrolytes but apparently milk is the way to go!
Popularity: 18% [?]
Posted by Hillary, 4:41 PM Permalink 1 Comment »
August 28, 2008
Do you think you’re an adventurous eater? Are you the type of person who would you eat a snake, or an insect? Would you embrace a bowl of raw ground beef and bite into a snail with excitement? Well we’re about to find out just how adventurous you really are.
Very Good Taste blog came up with a list of foods that they feel every omnivore should eat in their life time, and they labeled it the “Omnivore’s 100“. They challenged us bloggers to copy the list, mark everything we have tried and cross off anything we wouldn’t. Bold means you’ve eaten it, crossed out means you wouldn’t touch it in a million years. How fun! I also took the liberty of linking those terms that might not be as self-explanatory to their Wikipedia definitions (you’re welcome!). So far, I’ve only tried 36 out of the 100 foods. It might have basic foods like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on there, but if you ask me this list is pretty ambitious!
So here is the list, along with my results.
Read the rest of this entry »
Popularity: 33% [?]
Posted by Hillary, 3:02 PM Permalink 5 Comments »
August 27, 2008
I never thought much about fruit sherbet before. Even though it’s something that functions in the same way that ice cream does, I always forget about it when I’m choosing what to have for dessert. There was never anything truly exciting about it, it was just sort of there. But the Hola Fruta company has changed my perspective. Putting fruit sherbet back on the scene in more ways than one, they’ve helped me discover that fruit sherbet can actually be a pretty delicious and healthy dessert!
That’s my two cents. I tried the strawberry and pina colada flavors and I thoroughly enjoyed them. But we also conducted an in-house taste test at Recipe4Living so go check out what my fellow tasters had to say!
Popularity: 25% [?]
Posted by Hillary, 5:26 PM Permalink 1 Comment »
Well, that’s it folks. Search no more. I’ve found the ultimate farmer’s market. And it’s not in America. It’s in Canada. Montreal to be specific. It’s called Atwater Market and it’s everything any food lover could hope for.
Read the rest of this entry »
Popularity: 26% [?]
Posted by Maxine, 10:14 AM Permalink 4 Comments »
August 26, 2008
I’ve always loved pizza. It’s just one of those foods that is just plain good. I like to think I’m not alone in this, that everyone has a kind of pizza they like because to me, it’s just that kind of food. It can be made so many different ways. For me, I like how the gooiness of the cheese, the flavor of the sauce, and the irresistible crust meld together to form the perfect and most universal harmony I’ve ever seen in food. But what I didn’t know was just
how much better pizza gets when you make it yourself.
Read the rest of this entry »
Popularity: 28% [?]
Posted by Hillary, 5:22 PM Permalink 3 Comments »
August 25, 2008
Now that the Olympics are over, it seems we Americans have created an Olympics of our own: trying to eat like Michael Phelps. Undoubtedly, the star of the 2008 Olympic Games (in America’s eyes), Phelps has inspired competitive spirits across the nation to imitate his diet. And with over 10,000 a calories a day, it’s probably not a good idea.
Read the rest of this entry »
Popularity: 27% [?]
Posted by Hillary, 5:31 PM Permalink 3 Comments »
